The Chieftains 3

The Chieftains 3 is the third album released by the Irish musical group The Chieftains in 1971, the first two being The Chieftains 1 in 1963 and The Chieftains 2 in 1969.

1 Track listing
2 Lineup
3 Other participants
4 Comments
5 Sources and Links

[edit] Track listing

"Strike The Gay Harp/Tiarna Maigheó (Lord Mayo)/The Lady on the Island/The Sailor on the Rock"
"Sonny's Mazurka/Tommy Hunt's Jig"
"Eibhli Gheal Chiúin Ni Chearbhaill (Bright Quiet Eily O'Carroll)/Delahunty's Hornpipe"
"The Hunter's Purse"
"March of the King of Laois or Ruairí Óg Ó Mordha"
"Carolan's Concerto or Mrs Poer"
"Tom Billy's Reel/The Road to Lisdoonvarna/The Merry Sisters"
"An Ghaoth Aneas (The South Wind)"
"Tiarna Isne Chaoin (Lord Inchiquin)"
"The Trip to Sligo"
"An Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig? (Were You At The Rock?)"
"John Kelly's Slide/Merrily kiss the Quaker/Denis Murphy's Slide"

[edit] Lineup

Paddy Moloney - uillean pipes and tin whistle
Michael Tubridy - flute, concertina and tin whistle
Seán Potts - tin whistle
Martin Fay - fiddle
Seán Keane - fiddle
Peadar Mercier - bodhran, bones
Pat Kilduff (lilting on "The Hunter's Purse" and "Merrily Kiss The Quaker") (guest musician)

[edit] Other participants

Producer: Gareth a Brun (Garech Browne)
Liner notes by Seán MacReamoinn, Hamish Henderson and Susannah York.

[edit] Comments

The tight formula of the first two albums loosened up on the third album. For the first time there was a mazurka. There is still no singing, but Pat Kilduff added "lilting". The complexity of Paddy Moloney's arrangements of 6 instruments reaches a new peak on "The Trip to Sligo".